Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 14:40:17 +0200 From: Sven Pfeifer <sven@yagonna.de> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: password Message-ID: <20040729124017.GA64449@yagonna.de> In-Reply-To: <1091095356019219@lycos-europe.com> References: <1091095356019219@lycos-europe.com>
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Hi, John Rackham <sneakycat@lycos.co.uk> wrote: > hello ive got a problem login to freebsd. i had a copy of freebsd > given me and when i installed it it asks me for > a login name and password. is there a way of findin out the login > name and password? yes of course. yust log in as root (this is the system administrator) and type: cat /etc/master.passwd | cut -d ":" -f 1 if you can see the username, that matches your userid, set a new password for this username by typing: passwd the_username_you_found_out HTH Sven -- Why You Can't Find Your System Administrator: They are hiding under the stairs --[Simon Burr simes@tcp.co.uk] ------------------------------------------------------[rand. sig. #24]
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